Hellbender gunner

Hey there. Small question about the second seat in the hellbender. I heard it's somehow possible to charge that beam, so that it gets more powerfull when you shoot. Haven't figured out how to do it. I thought it was nonsense till yesterday, when got killed in one hit by the hellbender gunner though I had 120+ HP.

PS: (off topic) what are 'skymines'?

[commiecat]

It's kinda opposite of how it was in 2k4 -- now you just let the beam sit for a few seconds and that charges it. I've heard that you can hear the beam charge but I never pay attention.

So instead of holding in the button to charge, you leave it alone for a few seconds.

Skymines are the shock balls that the Hellbender fires. Then you shoot them with the alt-fire and they explode in a chain.

[Belgian General]

Thanks!! So I don't need to press anything to make it charge? No wonder I didn't found out how to do it

[bclagge]

Yeah, there needs to be a charge bar. I believe it will be added eventually.

[radziuinblack]

Hell yeah, i tried it.
I was shooting with 2 seconds of pause, and there was 3 shots to take down Raptor, 2 for Manta, 3 for Scorpion (i think i missed), and 5 for another Hellbender.
But best comparation was on nodes.
One "loaded" shot is like 3-4 instants.
Starting to love this vehicle!

[MoonBlood]

If you have good aim (which I don't), it's great for sniping those not in vehicles, as a single charged shot will take them down.

Does anyone know if there's a way to remap the key to change seats? I use the directional arrows and I hate having to move my hand way over to hit 2.

[TheLeech]

I saw another thread where someone said when the black smoke has cleared on the hellbender rear gun is when its charged (on each shot)

Seems to work, takes out vehicles pretty quick!!

Why they couldnt have put a meter on the HUD i dont know

[Willmagic]

I dont know if it was a coincidence but im sure when iv had skymines fired at me, i shot an ASMD primary at one and that destroyed the chain, but backwards and the hellbender blew up. Probably just a coincidence but ill definitely check this out next time i play. Sorry abit off topic there.

[bclagge]

You cannot detonate enemy skymines with your Hellbender, so it must have been a coincidence. Your chain of skymines can be detonated anywhere in the chain, so it can go backwards.

[Luseferous]

You can, not sure about UT3 but in 2k4 you could also detonate individual skymines with the shock rifle.

[commiecat]

You cannot detonate enemy skymines with your Hellbender, so it must have been a coincidence. Your chain of skymines can be detonated anywhere in the chain, so it can go backwards.

I haven't had a chance to try this because it seems that the Hellbender is one of the least-used vehicles now.

I know you could do that in 2k4. One of the best ways to take out a camped bender in Primeval was to park yours opposite theirs and fire at their mines. It always cracked me up when the gunner would insist upon firing mines and I'd take them out after 3 or 4 chain explosions.

[bclagge]

Hmmmm....I check it out next time I have a chance. Perhaps I'm wrong. It'd be cool if I was

[Kyllian]

You cannot detonate enemy skymines with your Hellbender...

Well that's screwed up. That's how it worked in 2k4 and it was **** handy

[xPloSiV]

Aha so now i know why that hellblender gunner was gunning ever1 down with a shot...

(luckily i headshotted him while he was gunning and ended that spree of terror )

[bclagge]

Well that's screwed up. That's how it worked in 2k4 and it was **** handy

No, no, I'm starting to think I was wrong about that.